Household final consumption expenditure based on chained volume measures (seasonally adjusted). Figures are given here in volume terms rather than value terms to give a better picture of whether households purchased more or less goods and services over the period in consideration.
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United Kingdom: newspapers, books & stationery consumption 2005-2023
Expenditure on newspapers, books, and stationery in the United Kingdom (UK) has been decreasing more or less continuously since at least 2005. In that year, UK households purchased over **** billion British pounds worth of these items. By 2023, this value decreased to approximately **** billion pounds.
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Office for National Statistics (UK), & ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. (December 23, 2024). Consumption expenditure on newspapers, books, and stationery in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2023, by volume (in million British pounds) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/476036/expenditure-on-newspapers-books-and-stationery-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
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Consumption expenditure on newspapers, books, and stationery in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2023, by volume (in million British pounds) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), & ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, December 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/476036/expenditure-on-newspapers-books-and-stationery-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/